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GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 

Sons of Confederate Veterans 



Tulsa, Okla., July 12, 1918. 



General Orders 
No. 5 



I. The Commander-in-Chief announces that at the 22nd 
Annual Reunion of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, held 
at Washington, D. C, in June, 1917, a resolution was adopted 
providing that suitable Memorial Services be held at each 
Annual Reunion of the Confederation in honor of members 
of the organization who had died during the year. 

II. In response to above resolution, the Commander-in- 
Chief requests all Department, Division, Brigade, Staff and 
Camp Officers to advise General Headquarters immediately 
of any deaths that have occurred among their members 
since June 5th, 1917. 

Said officers are also ordered to make prompt report to 
Adjutant-in-Chief Forrest of the death of any member 
whenever same occurs, so that a permanent record may be 
kept of same. 



By order of 



Official 

N. B. FORREST, 



CARL HINTON 
Conjmander-in-Chief. 



Adjutant-in-Chief and Chief of Staff. 






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GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 
Memphis, Teiii. 



Biloxi, Miss., Dec. 15, 191 S. 

General Orders: 
No. 1. 

I. At the 23rd Annual Reunion of the Sons of Confederate 
v^eterans, held at Tulsa, Okla., September 25-28th, 1918, I was 
honored by being elected as your Commander-in-chief for the 
coming year. 

II. It is impossible for your officers to building up 2. %troi\^ 
organization unless they have the active support of everv indi- 
vidual member, and I appeal to every officer and membtr of iho 
Confederate to co-operate in the patriotic work we are loip".. 
No chain is stronger than its weakest link and no organizatiou 
is stronger than the individual members make it. We are pledg- 
ed; to aid the few remaining Veterans, to gather all the data 
I.ossible regarding the "War between the States" so that a true 
and accurate history of that great conflict may be written, to 
assist in the erection of monuments to the men and women of 
the South, to instill into our descendants a proper veneration 
for the spirit and glory of our fathers and mothers, and above 
all to see that all sectional and unfair text book.s are removed 
from our schools and colleges, and that only the "truth" is 
taught our children. This is a work that should be of interest 
to every true son or grandson of a Confederate Veterans. 

III. It is the duty of every staff officer to take an active 
interest in the work, to see that there is a live Camp of Sons 
in his local town and to assist in organizing new camps in his 
vicinity. All officers and members are urged to make any sug- 
gestions they see fit regarding the good of the Confed0ratioii 
and are requested to forw^ard same to the Adjutant-in-Chief. 

IV. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who has served so efficiently 
as Adjutant-in-Chief and Chief of Staff for over ten years, has 
])een reappointed for the ensuing year, and all communications 
should be addressed to him at Biloxi, Miss. 

V. The following staff appointments are made- to rank 
from October 1st, 1918. 

Inspector-in-Chief, J. Roy Price, Washington, D. C. 
Quartermaster-in-Chief, Geo. B. Bowling, Memphis, Tenn. 
Commissary-in-Chief, Lee Hart, Owensboro, Ky. 
Judge Advocate-in-Chief, .1. S. Davenport, Vinita, Okla. 
Chaplain-in-Chief, Rev. H. W. Battle, Charlottsville, Va. 
Historian-in-Chief, E. W. R. Ewing, Washington, D. C. 
Surgeon-in-Chief, Dr. E. Forrest Hayden, Tulsa, Okla. 



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¥. P. Hams, L>^>ivt;nviiic air. 
A. M. I*ryor, Denver, Colo. 
L. E. Carruthers, Washington, 
J. F. Smith, Jacksonville Fla. 
H. B. Cobb, Atlanta, Ga. 
G. B. J~eft'erson, Cadiz, Ky. 
I. H. Watkins. Monroe, La. 
Samuel Hambleton, E^ston, 
W. L. Harmon, Batesviile, Mi 
T. W. Back, Kennett, Mo. 



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Waddie Hudson, Tahlequah, Okla. 
Frank E. Sheram, Clinton, Okla. 
J. P. Cooper, Mullins, S. C. 
Herndon Lehr, Silver City, N. M. 
H. R. Chears, Memphis, Tenn. 
Roy R. Campbell, Temple, Tex. 
R. C. Blackford, LjTichburg, Va. 
C. A. Meador Hinton, W. Va. 



Assistant Inspector-in-Chiefs. 



J. D. 
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Hunter, Attalla, Ala. 
Hailey, Berrj'ville, Ark. 
Parry, Washington, D. C. 
Suber, Quincy, Fla. 
Puder, Savannah Ga. 
Henderson, Wickliffe Ky. 
i.IcCiiesney, New Orleans, La. 
Taylor. l^"!aston, Md. 

Tupelo, Miss. 



S. P. Martin, East Prairie, Mo. 
H. D. Shutt, Winston-Salem, N. C. 
W. H. Crowder, Tulsa, Okla. 
J. J. Slaughter, Muskogee, Okla. 
H. S. Anderson, Meyers Mill, S. C. 

A. L. Kirkpatrick Chattanooga, Tenn 
I. N. Moblev, Holliday, Tex. 

J. R. Pritchard, Norfolk, Va. 

B. W. Tavlor, Elkins, W. Va. 



Assistant Quartermaster-in-chief s. 



J. W, Johnson, Tuscumbia, Ala. 
Scott Dacus, Jonesboro Ark. 
Berry Garter, Ocala, Fla. 
I. A. Dorsey, Griffin, Ga. 
Carlisle Carter, Ma\'(field, Kv. 
J. W. Tucker, Tucker, La. 
Henry A. Shepard Baltimore, Md. 
R. B. Smith, Wheeler, Miss. 
Jas. H. Taylor, Wilmington, N. C. 



A. R. Garrett, Mangum, Okla. 
L. A. Morton, Duncan, Okla. 
F. C. Kelley, Bethune S. C. 
R. A. Armistead, Nashville, Tenn. 
C, W. Crites, Nocona, Tex. 
W. J. Storv, Franklin, Va. 
A. B. Abbot, Fayetteville, W. Va. 
Lonnie Glenn, Durant, Okla. 



Assistant Commissary-in-Chiefs. 



J. Alex Moore, Jasper, A,la. 
W. H. Buchanan, Russellville, Ark. 
Tyler Miller, Fernandina, Fla. 
R. L. J. Snvth, Commerce, Ga. 
Thos. S. Williams, Murray, Ky. 
J. M. Oates, Leesville La. 
Richard K. Hays, Dickersoii, Md. 
G. L. Jones, New Albany, Miss. 
I. N. ,Smith, Charleston, Mo. 



B. F. Keith, Currie N. C. 
Geo. L. Sneed, Madill, Okla. 
Bunnie Mcintosh, Eufeula, Okla. 
J. B. Hunter, Newberry, S. C. 
J. M. Freeman, Paris, Tenn. 
Jas. E. King Waxahatchie, Tex. 
J. H. Epperty, East Radford. Va. 
F. A. Ware, Huntington, W. Va. 



Assistant Judge Advocate-in-Chiefs. 



C. J. Scott, Fort Payne, Ala. 
F. E Stockton, Ozark, Ark. 
J. W. Burton, Arcadia Fla. 
O. J. Owen, Newnan, Ga. 
P. B. Bethel, Louisville, Kv. 
H. D. Lindsey, Oil City, La. 
E. S. Sttigler, Lexington, Miss. 
J. A. Webb, St. Louis, Mo. 



E. G. Muse, Durham, N. C. 

Jno. L. CofFman, Holdenville, Okla. 
Ed Crossland, Tulsa, Okla. 
A. C. Todd, Laurens, S. C. 

F. J. ICirk, Manchester Tenn. 
J. W. Kibler, McLean, Tex. 

A. W. Robertson, Buena Vista, Va, 
L. M. Ranson, Harpers Ferry, W. Va. 



Assistant Surgeon-in-Chiefs. 



Dr. J. P. Stewart Attalla, Ala. 
Dr. S. E. Miller, Dardanelle, Ark. 
Dr. E. L. Mills, Tampa, Fla. 
Dr. J. W. Morgan, Denver, Colo 



Dr. E. F. Harrison, Kennett, Mo. 
Dr. L. H. Coffey Lenoir, N. C. 
Dr. W. C. Graves, McAlester, Okla. 
Dr. J. L. Smith, Williston, S. C. 



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:ri- B Robertson, Can -^il on, )v \<a Fletcher, Fair . 

r, J. ^ Gi-fc^^s, Monr(.vj, La. Copelamd, Union, Vv, Va- 

Dr. J. W. Lipscomb, Columbus, Miss. 

Assistant Chaplin in-Chiefs. 

Kev. Walter P. Mines, Opeiika, Ala. Rev. i C. Curry, Henryette, Okla. 
Rev. J. B. Williams, Mena, Arrk. J. N. llankinson, Jr., Aiken, S. C. 

Rev. W. B. Whitehead, Palmetto, Fla.Rev. !? E. Blackburn, Pulaski, Tenn. 
Rev. J. B. Lawrence Americus, Ga. Rev. Wm. T. Capers, San Antonio, Tex 
Rev. W. L. Dunn, Cadiz, Kv. Rev. E. T. Dandridge, Petersburg, Va. 

Rev. J. W. Caldwell, Jr., N. O., La. Rev. J. S. Alfriend 
Rev. T. B. HoUoman, Vicksburg, Miss. Charles Town, W. Va. 
Rev. L. B. Padgett, New Bern, N. C. 

The foregoing appointments are made upon suitable recom- 
mendation, and upon reliable information as to the qualifica- 
tions of the comrades for the places assigned. They are ex- 
pected to take an active part in the upbuilding of the Confed- 
eration, and there will be no hesitation on the part of Com- 
mander-in-Chief in removing any officer who fails to do so. 
It is the duty of every comrade to assist in preserving the record 
of his own father or grandfather, and this can best be done 
through the general organization. The Constitution provides 
that a commission shall be issued to every staff officer, and 
these will be forwarded to the comrades from General Head- 
quarters. 

By order of 

CARL HINTON, 
Oflicial: Commander-in-Chief. 

N. B. FORREST, 

Adjutant-in-Chief and Chief of Staff. 



GENERAL HKADQUARTRRS 

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Memphis, Tenn. 

Biloxi, Miss., Dec. 15, 1918. 
General Orders: - 

No. 2 

I. The Constitution of the Sons of Confederate Veterans 
provides for the appointment of various Committees to carry 
out the objects and purposes of the organization, and prescribes 
their duties, as follows: 

Committees. 

There shall be four Standing Committees, appointed by the 
Commander-in-Chief, to consist of one member from each Divi- 
sion, and one to represent the camps outside the former Con- 
federate States. They shall be as follows: 

Historical Committee, that shall have charge of all matters 
relating to the literary and historical purposes of this Confed- 
eration. 

Relief Committee, that shall have charge of all matters re- 
lating to relief, pensions, homes and other benevolent purposes 
of this Confederation. 

Monument Committee, that shall have charge of all matters 
relating to monuments, graves and the Confederation's objects 
and purposes in these respects. 

Finance Committee, to verify accounts of officers and to 
attend to such other matters of finance as may be referred to it. 

These Committees may subdivide themselves for purposes 
of facilitating their labors, and shall keep a record of their meet- 
ings, make reports annually, or oftener, if required by the Com- 
jutant-in-Chief and shall turn over their records to tlje Adjutant- 
in -Chief at the expiration of their term of office. 

II. Section 106 of the Constitution provides that special 
Committees may be appointed by the Commander-in-Chief 
when a necessity arises, and in response to this, the following- 
special Committees are hereby named: 

Resolution Committee, to whom all resolutions desired to be 
brought before the Annual Reunion of the Confederation shall 
be referred, and by that Committee presented to the Convention. 

Consolidation with Veterans Committee, that was appointed 
at the request of the United Confederate Veterans, to act in 
conjunction with a like Committee from that organization in. 
perfecting plans for a consolidation of the two organizations. 
This Committee will make report at the next annual reunion of 
the Confederation. 



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ing and editing a book outlining the true causes ol "slavery'' m 
this country, its origin and effect, ^so that the coming genera- 
tion jnay be taught the real facts reganiiTg this movement. 
This committee has widened its scope and tin boolt when com- 
pleted, will include a chapter on the "Causes of the War Be- 
tween the States," and the "Treatment of Prisoners by the 
Union and Confederate Governments." 

Text Book Committee, appointed for tlie purpose of Re- 
viewing all text books now in use in different sections of the 
country, so that a systematic and united effort may be made to 
eliminate all sectional and unfair histories from our schools and 
colleges. The report of this Committee will be printed in pam- 
phlet form and mailed to all members of theorganization. 

Memorial Committee, who shall prepare suitable Memorial 
Exercises in honor of the members of the Confederation who 
have died during the year, said Exercises to be held at the next 
Annual Reunion of the Confederation, which Exercises shall not 
exceed one hour. All camps are requested to notify Adjutant 
Forrest immediately upon the death of any of its members. 

All Committees shall meet when called by the chairman. 
Reports of Committees shall be sent to General Headquarters 
one month before the annual reunion. 

III. In obedience to the Constitution, the following Com- 
mittees are hereby appointed. 



Historical Committee. 

M. D. GANO, Dallas, Tex., Chairman 

G. B. Robison, CarroUton, Ala. J. M. Witt, Tupelo, Miss. 

H. S. Spivey, Little Rock, Ark. G. 0. Coble, Greensboro, N. C. 

Clem Collins, Denver Colo. T. C. Hughes, Tulsa, Ok a 

E. P. S^lheron, Washington, D. C. W. G. Milam, Chelsea, Okla. 

Sam H. Wilder, Plant City, Pla. F. A. Borroughs, Conway, S. C. 

W. R. Ault, Helena, Ga. R. L. Bynum, Jackson, Tenn. 

Chas. Wickliffe, Ky. H. B. Patterson, Wichita Falls Tex. 

Dr. J. S. Alison, Shreveport, L*. S. T. Baker, Fredericksburg Va. 

Jno. A. Bushnelf, Clinton, Mo. P. M. Snyder, Mount Hope, W. Va. 
S. H. Tilghman, Easton, Md. 

Relief Committee. 

DR. W. C. GALLOWAY, Wilmingt.jn, N. C, Chairman. 

A. S, Lyons, Mobile, Ala. E. L. Stephens Water Valley, Miss. 

W. A. FisK Star City, Ark. A. A Blackweldt, Lenoir, N. C. 

A. H. Lowrie, Denver, Colo. W. D. Fry, Wagoner, Okla. 

H. F. Gary, Washington, D. C. A. G. Eakin, ShaAviiee Okla. 

C T. Johnson, Trenton, Fla. Dr. J. P. Duckett, Anderson, S C 

W. 0. Barnett, Americus Ga. W. B. McHughes Ramer lenn. 

A. T. Burgevin, Louisville, Ky. J. W. Davidson, Childress Tex. 

A. S. Soule, New Orleans, La. J. C Wise, H^y^^^^t^ Ja- ^ ^ Va 

Rev. Wm. P. Daine, Baltimore, Md. E. Fontaine Broun, Charlestion, W. Va. 



Breckenridge Long, St. Louis, Mo. 



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R. B. HAUGHTON, St. Louis, Mo., Qiairman. 

A. A. Rollo, Cullman, Alia. C. E. Sisk, Oxford, Miss. 

;j. J. Luck, McNeil, Ark. W. P. Bostick, Charlotte, N. C. 

E. C. Dutton, Washington, D. C. J. E. Thrift, Sapulpa, Okla. 

A. J. Mitchell, Jacksonville Fla. P. B. Haj^ood, Blackville, S. C. 

J. Hugh Conley, Augnsta, Ga. H. N. Alexander, CoHumbia, Tenn. 

W. C. Haycroft, Owensboro, Ky. W. J. Gilvin, Forth Worth, Tex. 

Richard Hatch, Buckner, La. V. P. Paulett,, Farmville, Va. 

J. Mercer Gamett, Baltimore, Md. G. W. Sidebottom, Huntington, W. Va. 

C. E. Cousins, Hannibal, Mo, 

Finance Committee 
BEN WATTS, Cave Springs, Ga.. Chairman. 

B, F, Collier, Gadsden, Ala, Richard Griffith, Vicksburg, Miss. 
Pincher Eason, Texarkana, Ark, W, K, Boggan, Wadesboro, N. C. 

D. C. Griffith, Washington, D. C. M. F, Lake, Sallisaw, Okla, 
-J. H. Haughton, Palatka Fla. F. L. Bynum, Newberry, S. C. 

E. N. Martin, Summerville, Ga. J. F. Finley, Chattanooga, Tenn, 
R. W. Bingham, Louisville, Ky. C, M. Gaines, Bay City, Tex. 
Henry Briggs, Monroe, La G. B. Gregory, Norfolk, Va. 

J, M.' Rogers, Baltimore, Md, R. T, Hubard, Jr.. FayetWille, W. Va, 

Frank Porter, Springfield, Mo, 

Memorial Committee. 

DR. H. S. COLDING, Savannah, Ga, Chairman. 

Ewel Smith, Athens, Ala. Lamar Lambert, Natchez, Miss. 

G. A. Nail, Lockesburg, Ark. Giiay Gorman, Asheville, N, C, 

Jno. W, Dodge, Jacksonville Fla. J. W. Crutchfield, Caddo, Okla. 

Jno. W. Dodge, Jacksonville, Fla. J. T. Murphy, Chester, S. C. 

W. S, Rowell, Rome-, Ga, Rev, W. D. Buckner, Memphis, Tenn. 

Jas. F, Blewitt, Bowling Green, Ky. W, J. Crocker, El Paso, Tex. 

B. P. Sullivan, New Orleans, La. Robt. L. McKim, Luray, Va. 

C, J. McCune, Louisiana, Mo, B. D, Gibson, Charles Town, W. Va. 

Grey Book Committee. 
ARTHUR H. JENNINGS, Lynchburg, Va., Chairman. 

Matthew^ P. Andrews, Baltimore, Md.C. H. Fauntleroy, St. Louis, Mo. 

Resolutions Committe. 

W. M. HUNDLEY, Greenbrier, Ala., Chairman. 

Jno, P. Logan, Texarkana Ark. Chas. R. Emry, Weldon, N. C. 

E, R. Dickenson Tampa, Fla. W, S. Johnson, Claremore, Okla. 
John Conn, Milledgeville, Ga, R, S. Martin, Williston, S. C. 

R. E, Watkins, Owensboro, Ky. ' E, J, Travis, Paris, Tenn. 

F. H. Schneider, Lake Providence, La. Stuart Miller, Amjarillo, Tex. 
Boyd Holland, Dickerson, Md. F. T. Briggs, Por,t,smouth, Va, 
A, J. Adair, Odessa Mo, T, N, Read, Hinton, W. V. 

H. A. Harris, Holly Springs, Miss, 

Consolidation With Veterans Committee 

A. D. SMITH, JR., Fayetteville, W. Va., Chairman. 

A, S. Vandergraaf, Tuscaloosa, Ala, H, W. Hambleton, Easton, Md. 

A. A. Eason, Fayetteville, Ark. J. O. S. Sanders, Jackson, Miss. 

F R Fravel, Washington, D. C, E, R. McKethan, Fayetteville, N. C. 

N. N. Wellons, Tampa Fla." W, R, Hunter, Pryor, Okla. 




Jno. V. 1. .c, Rome, Ga. H. Y. Sinxpaon. Laurens. S.' ( 

A. M. .if T., Ion H He, Ky. R. L McCk-yren, NAShviUe. T^.,.. 

h -t- Xe,. =ins, La. Clovd H. Rend Dallas, j v^ 

^.ejmiour Stewart, .^t. i.oui^ Mo. N. H. Hairston, Koanoke, Va 

Text-Book Committee. 

A. L. TINSLEY, Baltimore, Md., Chairman. 

N. B. Forrest. Biloxi, Miss., Secretary. 

James Mann, Norfolk, Va. 

J. earlier Walker, Woodberry Forest, Va. 

ASS0CL4TE MEMBERS 

Rev. A. W. Littlefield, Needham, Mass. 
Francis Trevalan Miller, New York, N Y. 

IV. The Chairiiian will proceed at once with the orgauiza- 
tion of their respective committees, and will make prompt re- 
port to General Headquarters. All members of the various com- 
mittees are requested and urged to write their Chairman im- 
mediately, and in case they are unable to serve on the said Com- 
mittee, are requested to notify Adjutant-in-Chief Forrest, so 
that other appointments may be made. The work of these com- 
mittees are of vital importance and the comrades named are 
expected to take an active interest in same. 

By order of 

CARL HINTON, 
Official: Commander-in-Chief. 

N. B. FORREST, 

Adjutant-in-Chief and Chief of Staff. 




GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 

Sons of Confederate Veterans 



Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 8, 1919. 



General Orders 
No. 3 



TWENTY-FOURTH REUNION ORDERED 

1. The Comander-in-Chief announces that he has been offi- 
cially informed that the twenty-eighth annual reunion of the 
United Confederate Veterans will be held in the City of Atlanta, 
Ga., Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 8, 9 and 10, 1919; 
therefore in accordance with Section 59, Article IX of the General 
Constitution, which provides that "There shall be held annually a 
reunion of the Confederation at the place selected by the United 
Confederate Veterans," the several camps of the Sons of Confed- 
erate Veterans will hold their twenty-fourth annual reunion con- 
vention at Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 
October 7, 8, 9, and 10. 1919. The opening exercises of our con- 
vention will be held at the City Auditorium on Tuesday, October 8, 
at 8 o'clock p. m. and all Sons of Veterans and their Official Ladies 
are urged to be present. The reunion convention will be composed 
of delegates from Camps, selected as hereinafter set forth, and 
also the Commander-in-Chief, Department, Division and Brigade 
Commanders, and their Adjutants, as ex-officio members. Visiting 
comrades who are not delegates, as well as all Veterans and 
Daughters, are privileged to attend all the sessions, and an earnest 
invitation is extended to them to do so. 

Representation, Delegates, Credentials. 

2. Each camp whose current annual per capita tax and all 
arrears, if any, are paid in full, and whose muster roll has been 
returned in the time and manner required, is entitled to represen- 
tation in the reunion convention, as follows: One delegate for 
every ten active members and one additional for a fraction thereof 
of five or more, but every camp is entitled to at least two delegates. 
All delegates must have credentials signed by the Commander and 
Adjutant of their respective camps, to which should be attached 
the certificate mentioned in the section quoted in paragraph 4 
below. 



Per Capita Tax. Arrearages. 

All camps in arrears can be reinstated by the payment of said 
arrears, amounting to $5.00, and the per capita tax for the current 
year. * 

All camps are urged to the prompt payment of their per capita 
tax, which is now due. The following sections of the Constitution 
are given for information : 

Sec. 110. A yearly per capita tax of fifty (50) cents SHALL 
be paid by each camp for every active member in good standing in 
such camp, and not enumerated in any other camp. 

"Sec. 111. The fiscal year of this Confederation shall be from 
the end of one annual reunion to the end of the next annual re- 
union." 

The per capita tax of caifips shall be paid annually, before the 
annual reunion, and shall be calculated upon the number of mem- 
bers shown by the annual muster roll. 

Return of Camp Muster Roll. 

4. In accordance with Section 7, Article X, of the Constitution, 
blank muster rolls (Form 2) has been forwarded to each camp. 

These blanks shall be filled out by the Adjutant of each camp 
and certified to as the correct roll of the camp, and returned to 
the Adjutant-in-Chief on or before September 27, 1919. Upon this 
certified roll will be computed the camp's representation at the 
annual reunion, and a certificate issued to the camp, signed by the 
Adjutant-in-Chief, certifying to the number of votes to which it is 
entitled, if the dues have been paid in full. 

THESE ROLLS MUST BE RETURNED ON OR BEFORE 
September 27, 1919, accompanied by money order or exchange 
(local checks positively not received) to cover the per capita tax. 
The practice which heretofore obtained whereby muster rolls have 
not been forwarded to Headquarters at all or have not been handed 
in until the reunion, and the further practice of delaying the pay- 
ments of per capita tax until the reunion, are contrary to both the 
letter and spirit of the Constitution. The regulations of the Con- 
stitution are wisely designed and if a camp expects to be repre- 
sented at the reunion, THE MUSTER ROLL AND PER CAPITA 
TAX MUST BE SENT IN ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 27, 
1919. 

Sponsors and Maids of Honor. 

5. The reunion would not be a success without the attendance 
of the fair daughters of the South. Following the usual custom, 
therefore, it is expected that sponsors and maids of honor will be 
appointed by Department, Division, Brigade and Camp Com- 
manders. All Official Ladies representing Headquarters and the 

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Departments^ Divisions, Brig-ades and Camps of the Confedera- 
tion are expected and urged to attend the business sessions of the 
Confederation. While the local committee will do all they can in 
a general way for the comfort and convenience of visitors in all 
cases, the officers appointing sponsors and maids of honor are 
charged with the duty of providing escorts and chaperons for 
them. 

All department, Division, Brigade and Camp Officers are urged 
to appoint their Official Ladies at once and make report thereof to 
General Headquarters. 

Tickets and other courtesies will be supplied on application to 
the proper local committees. 

Reunion Committees. 

All communications for the Reunion Committee should be ad- 
dressed to Adjutant-in-Chief N. B. Forrest at 601 Chamber of 
Commerce, Atlanta, Ga., as he has established temporary headquar- 
ters in that city until after the reunion and has been appointed 
General Secretary of the Reunion Committee. 

Headquarters. 

7. The headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief and Staff, and 
for the Official Sponsors and Maids of Honor, as well as the Officers 
of the Confederation and visiting Sons, will be at the Piedmont 
Hotel. All comrades are commanded to report to Headquarters 

'immediately upon arrival. Tickets to the various social functions 
will be supplied on application at Headquarters. 

Hotels. 

8. While General Headquarters has been established at the 
Piedmont Hotel arrangements have been made with several of the 
other large hotels in the city to care for the visiting Sons and their 
Official Women. 

All comrades are commanded to report to Headquarters immed- 
iately upon arrival. 

Reunion Rates. Certificates. 

Under the direction of Director General Hines the railroads 
throughout the entire country will make a rate of one cent per 
mile each way for our Reunion. All tickets to be good until 
October 31, 1919. This fate, however, only applies to the Confed- 
erate Veterans, Confederated Southern Memorial Association and 
Members of our Confederation and their Official Ladies and fam- 
ilies. A certificate will be issued, to be countersigned by the 
Officers of the Veterans, Sons, or Confederated Southern Memorial 
Association, before this special rate can be secured. All Sons or 
Grandsons must become ajfiiliated with our organization to secure 
this one cent rate. 



Registration. 

8. A registration book will be opened at General Headquarters 
at the Piedmont Hotel. All comrades and Official Ladies are urged 
to register their names with the Atlanta and home address im- 
mediately upon arrival. 

Annual Reports. 

9. Section 28, Article VI, of the Constitution requires the De- 
partment Commanders to forward their annual reports to the Com- 
mander-in-Chief one month before the annual reunion. 

Section 29, Article VI, makes the following requirement of the 
Division Commanders : "One month before the annual reunion 
they shall make a written report to the Commander-in-Chief." 

Sections 31-37, Article VI, provide that ammal reports be sub- 
mitted by the General Staff. 

Section 109, Article XVII, in part, is as follows : "Reports of 
committees shall be sent to the Commander-ia-Chief one month 
before the annual reunion." 

Department and Division Commanders, Staff Officers and Com- 
mittees are hereby ordered to follow the Constitutional require- 
ments. 

Confederated Southern Memorial Association. 

10. At the request of its President, Mrs. A. McD. Wilson, the 
Commander-in-Chief takes pleasure in announcing that the Con- 
federated Southern Memorial Association will hold its annual con- 
vention in Atlanta, on the same date as fixed for the reunion. The 
opening feature of the convention will be the usual memorial 
services. 

StafF. 

11. The several members of the staff' of the Commander-in- 
Chief are expected to be in attendance upon the reunion. They will 
report for duty as soon as possible after their arrival in the city. 

Appeal. 

21. It is the earnest desire of the Commander-in-Chief that this 
reunion be the most successful in the history of the organization. 
Matters of great importance will come before the convention and 
all visiting Sons are urged to be present and take part in the 
business meetings. All camps should elect delegates at once. 

All Sons and their Official Ladies are urged to reach Atlanta in 
time to attend the opening meeting, October 7th, at 8 p. m. 

Department, Division and Brigade Commanders are expected 
to co-operate with Headquarters, and give publicity to this order, 
and all Camp Commanders are urged to have same read at a meet- 
ing of their camps. 

By order of 

CARL HINTON, 

Commander-in-Chief. 

Official : 

N. B. FORREST, 

Adjutant-in-Chief and Chief of Staff. 



GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 

SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS 

' Memphis, Tenn. 



Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 14. 1919. 
GENERAL ORDERS 

No. 4 

I, The attention of "General Headquarters" has been called by Miss Florence G. Thornton, 
a teacher in the Lubbock Schools at Houston, Texas, to the following books that were placed in the 
Children's Department of the Houston Carnegie Library several years ago: 

"Boys of '61," by Coffin. 

"Redeeming the Republic," by Coffin. 

"War for the Union," by Champlin. 

"Battlefields and Victory," by Abbott. 

The following extracts from these "so-called histories" show the trend of same: 

"THE BOYS OF '61" — By Coffin. 

P I "The great rebellion has been subdued, and the power and authority of the United States 

government are recognized in all the States Men w^ho at the beginning of the struggle 

were scarcely known beyond their village homes are numbered among the "immortal names 
that were not born to die,' while the names of others who once occupied places of honor and 
trust, who forswore their allegiance to their country and gave themselves to do wickedly, 
shall be held forever in abhorrence." 

P 2 Last sentence, "Everywhere — in city and town and village, in Boston, New York and 
Philadelphia — there was the same spirit manifested by old and young, of both sexes, to put 
down the Rebellion, cost what it might of blood and treasure." 
P 556 "The iour years of fighting were over; the Rebellion was subdued." 
P 557 "The Rebellion was an attempt to suppress Truth and Justice by Tyranny." 
P 446 "That secession was inaugurated without cause must ever be the verdict of history." 
P 29 "1 called upon some of my female acquaintances tonight. I knew that they were Seces- 
sionists, but did not think that they were so utterly corrupt as I find them to be The 

bitterness of the women of the South during the Rebellion is a strange phenomenon, without 
a parallel in history. For the women of Ireland, who in the rebellion of 1898, cut off the 
heads of English residents, and chopped up their victims by piecemeal, were from the bogs 
and fens — one remove only from the beasts; but these women of the South lay claims to a 
superior culture. It is one thing to be devoted heart and soul to a cause, but it is quite 
another to advance it at the cost of civilization, Christianity and the womanly virtues. 

"The assertion that all women of the South thus gave themselves over to do wickedly 
would be altogether too sweeping; a large portion may be included. Mrs. Creenhow and 
u II • ^ w'*'^ written out some of their exploits and machinations for the overthrow of 
the Union. With them a false oath or any measure of deceit was praiseworthy, if it would 
but aid the Secession cause. They are fair representatives of the females of the South." 
P 5 18 "The slaves were the true loyal men of the South. They did what they could to help 

put down the Rebellion by aiding Union prisoners to escape, by giving trustworthy informa- 
tion. 

Referring to the secession of Virginia Coffin says: 
P 520 "Mason, the lordly senator, and Governor Letcher, the drunken executive of the State, 

also addressed the crazy crowd, fired to a burning heat of madness by passion and whiskey." 
P ^'^'* "But the government was not quite through with its operations in Richmond. General 

bwell remained till daylight on Monday morning to clear up the things — not to burn public 
archives in order to destroy evidence of Confederate villainy, but to add to the crime already 
committed another so atrocious that the staunchest friends of the Confederacy recoiled with 
horror even from its contemplation." 

P 555 ^^^^* *^^ ^^^S which traitors had trailed in the dust at the beginning." 

Referring to the surrender. 

P 553 "The terms were not altogether acceptable to Grant's army. Many of the officers re- 

membered that General Pickett never had resigned his commission in the United States serv- 
ice, but that he had taken up arms against the country without any scruples of conscience 

He was a deserter and a traitor Yet General Pickett and his fellow traitors were, by 

tne terms ot the parole, granted an indulgence which was equivalent to a pardon." 

^ ^ ' ' A ^^^^'^^ thousand nine hundred and ninety graves are numbered on the neighboring hill- 

side—the starved and murdered of thirteen months— one thousand per month, thirty-three 
?/*■ J ^L ^"'■dered by Jeff Davis. Robert E. Lee, James Seddon and John C. Breckinridgel 
Murdered under official sanction in accordance with premeditated design " . 



P 96 "To be chivalrous, courteous, high-minded and generous toward woman has ever been 

the boast of the men of the South; but during the months immediately preceding the out- 
break of the Rebellion insulting and abusive language was freely uttered in the presence 
of Northern ladies. There was rudeness not only of language, but in some instances of action.'" 

P 299 "At Gettysburg Meade's entire force on the field numbered probably sixty to seventy 

thousand; Lee's force may be estimated at ninety thousand." 

P 2 73 "The Rebels have been repulsed by the bauteries and satisfied with the work of the days 

made no further attack, though they greatly outnumbered the Union force." 
Speaking of Stonewall Jackson. 

P 194 "He was deeply religious, but espoused treason with all his heart. He was educated 

at the expense of the United States, and he had sworn to bear faithful allegiance tc his coun- 
try; yet he joined the Rebels at the outset, and did what he could to inaugurate and carry 
to a successful issue a civil war for the overthrow of the national government and the estab- 
lishing of another with slavery for its corner-stone. He prayed and fought for a system of 
servitude which was the sum of all villainies, and which has received the condemnation of 
every civilized nation of modern times." 

P 52 "There were repulsive features in that system of civilization which the South was at- 

tempting to establish. The Union dead were mangled at Manassas; their bones were carved 
into charms and amulets. Among the mountains of Tennesssee old men were dragged from 
their beds at midnight and hung without judge or jury because they loved the flag of their 
country. In Missouri bridges were burned at night, and men, women and children upon rail- 
road trains were precipitated into yawning gulfs by their neighbors. This was the v»rork of 
the "master race' (too "refined," "chivalric" and "gentlemanly" to associate with the laboring 
men of the North)." 

Referring to General Jackson"s victory at Cold Harbor, Coffin says: 

P 338 ""A general who wins a battle through the blundering of an inefficient opponent cannot 

be called, on that account alone, a great commander. There must be genius in the move- 
ment in making use of positions and forces so that victory is wrenchd from a skillful foe, 
to entitle a commander to wear the bay leaves upon his brow." 

P 440 Coffin describes the burning of Columbia, S. C, and insists that it was Wade Hampton 

and not Sherman who burned Columbia. / 

P 452 "There were patriarchs in the convention which carried South Carolina out of the Union 

who were urged to treason by the women of the South." 

p 55 7 "The Rebellion was an attempt to suppress truth and justice by tyranny." 

P 296 '"Treason had wielded its mightiest blow. From that time the Rebellion began to wane." 

P 183 "'The country around Chancellorsville is called the "Wilderness." Years ago a consider- 

able portion of the land was cleared, but the system of cultivation carrid on by the Vir- 
ginians quickly exhausted the soil, and the fields were left to grow up agam to. bushes. 

P 5 1 7 "A few paces distant were the ruins of the Rebel War Department, from whence were 

issued the orders to starve our prisoners at Belle Isle, Salisbury and Andersonville." 

P 7 "Lee had therefore committed an act of treason without the paltry justification of the 

plea that he was following the lead of his State." 
P 465^ "The Rebellion was inaugurated through deception, and had been sustained by an utter 

disregard of truth." 

P 466 "Burning of Charleston by Confederates." ... ..u- »u 

"Human life, the wailing of infants, the feebleness of old age, weighed nothmg with 
Hampton, Hardee, McGrath, General Lee or Jeff Davis."' 

"REDEEMING THE REPUBLIC" — By Coffin. 

Opening sentence of book. 
p ) "For two years and seven months the War of the Rebellion had gone on." 

P 30 "General Forrest's troops were from Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, jVlississippi, Arkan- 

sas and Texas. Many of the volunteers in his ranks were ruffians who delighted in the tree- 
dom of the cavalry over the infantry, the opportunities for plunder. They were reckless or 
their own lives and ready to shoot men upon the least provocation. 
P 438 "The increasing acts of barbarity on the part of the Confederates demanded redress. 

It was to put a stop to such fiendish acts that General Hunter issued his order, which 
however, never was literally executed, but many buildings were burned under ":■ r"/"'^^ 
brought about the retaliatory act of General Early. No Confederate soldier had ever been 
robbfd or injured by a citizen of Chambersburg. No Confederate wagon tram had been fired 
upon by the people of that town; while the people in the Shenandoah Valley, on the other 
hand harbored, aided and secreted the men who improved every opportunity that offered 
to capture or murder Union soldiers. The verdict of history, ^^^.^.^^^\P^^f'^^ ^IltE'f^n^'1% 
have passed away, quite likely will place the ultimate responsibility for the destruction of 
Chambersburg upon those who aided and abetted the guerillas in the Shenandoah. 
P 33 "Such was the despotism of the Confederacy. Tennessee never ^^^ seceded froni the 

Union by vote of the people. The governor IshamG.Harrs without authority had m^^^ 
a league with the Confederate government by which the State had been given over vo 
the Confederacy. The despotic government at Richmond had extended, '*/ P°^^^d °^|^a'ed 
helpless people. Under the remorseless conscription, Forrest filled up his ranks and preparea 
for his movement." »„ k» 

P 467 "Whenever the Union armies marched, the slaves abandoned master and mistress to be- 

come freemen." , . .. ..i. i„..,„ -,„j 

P 425 "To stop war we must defeat the Rebel armies which are arrayed agamst the laws and 

Constitution that all must respect and obey." 
"YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR"— By Cheney. 

P I In her preface she states that by broad investigation of many authors she ""has verified 

all her statements." some of which 1 shall read to you. „,„„„^ 

"It was slavery that made all the trouble." is the opening sentence. 



9 "You have all sang about John Brown, whose 'body lies a-mouldering in the grave, but 
his soul goes marching on.' Did you know that he was a real man, who gave his life to 
free the colored people? He was a hero and a Christian " 

1 7 "So John Brown — so humble, so bold, so tender and so brave— really began the civil 

or home war; because, after this, things never settled down to their former state." 

18 "For a great many years, almost all the years of the Republic, the Southern States had 

exercised a powerful influence in the government. Now, for the first time, the Northern States 
claimed the right to express an opinion; and South Carolina, for one, would not admit it, 
and so she declared herself out of the Union." 
At Springfield. 
120 "Two thousand Confederate soldiers scattered in all directions, terror-stricken, because 

of the attack of one hundred and fifty Federals." 

146 "The Confederate who shall write a history of the battle of Ball's Bluff for boys and 

girls, although he will call it the battle of Leesburg, will blush to tell these things, we 
hope, and will only say, 'We won the fight,' without giving the particulars. 

133 Under a different name, Texas suffered from the same class of people. They called 

themselves 'Texas Rangers,' and a prominent leader. Colonel Henry H. Sibler, who had once 
belonged to the United States Army, was their leader. These people were of the worst 
sort. They did not kill their prey so much for the love of the Rebel cause as for plun- 
der. Some of them were frightful creatures, half wild, carrying a rifle, a tomahawk, a bowie- 
knife, a revolver and a lasso for catching and throwing an enemy's horse. They looked 
as shaggy as the mustang ponies which they rode. Colonel E. R. S. Canby did much to 
rid Texas and New Mexico of these people, who were far worse to meet in ambush than an 
army of Rebel soldiers face to face. Nevertheless, both he and the famous Kit Carson 
were put to route by a thousand Rangers, who charged down upon them like an avalanche. 
So wild was the panic of the Nationals before an attack of these ferocious, half-human be- 
ings, that they ran away in terror, incapable of firing a shot or of obeying an order. For 
months skirmishing continued, the Nationals usually getting beaten; although so many battles 
crippled the guerillas. At last, however. Colonel Canby pressed them so hard that they 
were glad to get over the mountains into Mexico; and Canby did not follow them." 

465 Speaking of Sherman's march to the sea, she says that the "men were strictly forbid- 

den to enter the houses or to forage on their own account." 

506 She contradicts the fact that Sherman burned Columbia; says that General Wade Hamp- 

ton was responsible for it and that the Union soldiers worked heroically and so saved part 
of the city. 

476 She calls the Alabama "the most powerful pirate ship on the high seas," and charges 

Admiral Semmes with being a deserter from the Union flag." 

464 "Forrest now returned from one of his raids." 

225 "General Butler took formal possession of the city on the first day of May. It was no 

easy matter to control New Orleans, but he was earnest. He taxed the rich to feed and 
clothe the poor. He made new streets and cleansed old ones as they had never been 
cleansed before. He improved public squares and canals. He righted the wrongs of the 
oppressed, and perhaps he oppressed the oppressors also. Two women so far forgot they 
■were women as to spit in the faces of some Union soldiers whom they chanced to meet. 
When it came to the ears of General Butler he issued an order that any woman who should 
hereafter insult a soldier of the United States should be treated with no more indulgence 
than a man would be entitled to. He was both merciful and severe. So many complaints 
were made against him, however, that at the end of the year, he was recalled and General 
N. P. Banks was put in his place." 

333 "The Rebels were always stronger in the cavalry than the Nationals." 

263 She claims that at the battle of Gaines Mills, which the Federals lost, McClellan had only 

thirty-five thousand against the Confederates seventy thousand. 

307 "The Confederate army was filthy, ragged and barefoot, and their honest leader Stone- 

wall Jackson was scarcely one degree more decent in appearance." 

323 In speaking of General Morgan and his cavalry, she says, "This band of raiders took 

the name of cavalry, but it was little less than a company of robbers, who openly plundered 
and burned towns, destroyed railroads and telegraphs, or attacked bodies of men fewer in 
number than themselves." 

537 "How inglorious, on the other hand, was the career of the President of the boasted 

Confederacy! Mr. Davis waited anxiously at Danville for Lee, who never came. Having 
escaped Grant he hastened to join Johnston at Greensborough, in the interior of North 
Carolina. On the very day of Lincoln's assassination, Davis was living in a box-car on 
the railroad, because nobody offered him hospitality." 

539 "But poor Jeff Davis began to feel like the Wandering Jew. A price was put on his 

head. He dared rest nowhere for fear of meeting the fate of traitors. Afraid to risk an in- 
terview with Sherman, and not daring to wait for Johnston's surrender, he fled to Charlotte. 
When he learned that Johnston had made terms with Sherman he made his way west, hop- 
ing to join Kirby Smith in Mississippi. The grand body of cavalry that started with Davis 
and his cabinet had daily grown smaller, until but a few friends remained. The Confed- 
erate chief rode beside the carriage which contained his wife and family. But General 
James H. Wilson, the only man who ever defeated Forrest, was looking for Mr. Davis. Colonel 
Hardin, of Wilson's command, found and arrested him near Macon, on the eleventh day of 
May. The fallen president was disguised as a woman wearing a waterproof cloak gath- 
ered at the waist, with a shawl over his head, and carrying a tin pail. Mrs. Davis ex- 
cused her husband's dress by saying that he wore a Raglan cloak and that she threw a 
shawl over his head. Davis had in his possession one hundred thousand dollars in gold 
belonging to the Confederate government. He was taken to Fortress Monroe, and there 
confined as a prisoner of state for two years. He was never tried, and was released in 
December, 1868. Vice President Alexander H. Stephens was also captured, and confined at 
Fort Warren, in Boston Harbor, but, like Davis, was given up without trial." 
Her closing sentence: 



540 



"Time will efface the scars as it already has healed the wounds made by the War of 
the Rebellion." 



"WAR FOR THE UNjbN"— By Champlin. 

P 2 "The people who settled in the North w;:nt there not so much to better their worldly ' 

condition as to secure for themselves freedon\ of thought and of action; those who settled 
in the South went there chiefly to make money by speculating in land and by farming." 

P 30 "John Brown's coolness and bravery won the' praise of his bitterest enemies." 

P 33 "The news of Lincoln's election was received by men in South Carolina with cheers and 

congratulations, because it gave them the opportunity to withdraw from the Union, which 
they had so ardently wished for." 

P 496 "General Sherman's orders were to spare private dwellings and destroy only public prop- 

erty which could be turned into hostile uses. These orders were obeyed strictly in the 
march through Georgia, but it was different in South Carolina, because our men could not 
be restrained; for they felt that the scourge of war in its worst form should fall on the 
people of South Carolina." 

P 469 "The Confederate charge that General Sherman purposely burned Columbia has been 

proven to be untrue. It was burnd by the Confederates." 

"BATTLE FIELDS AND VICTORY" — By Abbott. 

P 3 16 "A sort of sense of poetic justice impelled the Federals to send a brigade of colored 

troops first to take possession of the town." (Meaning the occupation of Richmond by the 
Federals after the fall of the Confederacy.) 

II. The above books have been circulated as histories among the chijdren of Houston, 
with the official stamp of the Library upon them, which to the minds of many children, stamp 
them as truth. Through the influence of the Veterans. Daughters and Sons these books have been 
removed from the Houston Library. All officers, Camps and Members of the Confederation are 
urged to make an immediate investigation of their local Libraries and if they find the above| 
named books therein, to start a movement for the removal of such malicious, mischief-breeding 
misrepresentations. All lovers of truth and justice, of our common country, wherever located. wi!l 
approve such a movement, and will lend their support. 

By order of 



CARL HINTON, 

Commander-in-Chief. 



Official: 

N. B. FORREST, 



Adjutant-in-Chief and Chief of StaflF. 



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